Biltong Definition
bĭltŏng, -tông
noun
Narrow strips of sun-dried meat.
American Heritage
Sun-dried strips of meat.
Webster's New World
(South Africa) A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying. Similar to American beef jerky.
Wiktionary
Origin of Biltong
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Afrikaans bil buttock (from Middle Dutch bille bhel-2 in Indo-European roots) tong tongue (from Middle Dutch tonghe dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Afrikaans, from bil (“buttock, hindquarter”), from Middle Dutch bille, + tong (“tongue”), from Middle Dutch tonghe.
From Wiktionary
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